If geeks love it, we’re on it

Amazon releases their Holiday Toy List app – replacement for the Big Book?

  Today Amazon released their Holiday Toy List, a flash-based GUI toy search that can be categorized by age group, interest, and price range. For big kids like me, the Toys R Us “Big Book” was always the de facto standard of holiday toy catalogues. However, recently on Twitter I came across a comment that mentioned […] Add comment

Freshy P’s Casual of the Day – Battle Fish Edition

At first it seems a bit childish, but soon it gets crazy addictive. Get past the first few levels and you’ll get  “hooked” mahehehahhrhhrhr like I did…. You have to keep your fish alive. He floats around aimlessly, in a somewhat idiotic fashion, and you have to heal him with bubbles, drop spikes on enemy […] Add comment

Playstation 2 – still viable, still a great gift

Since we upgraded to a PS3 here at ICHQ, the sturdy old PS2 has been relegated to a box in the basement. We spent many happy hours with our PS2 though – games like Final Fantasy X, Shadow of the Colossus, God of War, and Grandia 3 gave us a lot of great gaming memories. […] Add comment

New Game Releases – Too-many-too-keep-up-with edition

WINDOWS: Call of Duty: World at War (CoD5) World of Warcraft – Wrath of the Lich King History Channel Civil War: Secret Missions STEAM: 7 Wonders – Treasure of Seven (casual) Pyroblazer (racing) Sacred 2 – Fallen Angel (action) On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 2 (RPG) Mount and Blade (RPG) Football Manager […] Add comment

Prime’s gaming roundup – bad sleep schedule edition

Okay so I admit that this showed up a little late today, but that’s okay. So what if it’s my first gaming roundup for the new gaming channel on Icrontic? So what? You’ll read it anyway, right? Alright fine. I fail. Here’s the jazz: OH HAY. THEY FIXED THE HALF LIFE 1 ENGINE. I mean […] Add comment

Oooh la la! French player hits 80 in WoW… already.

GamingAngels has the word that a French World of Warcraft player named Nymh from the European server Drek’thar has officially reached level 80. Already. Ya gotta wonder what kind of hours this gentle person put into getting that far that quickly… Add comment

How to survive the horde: A Left 4 Dead demo tactics guide

The Left 4 Dead demo has only been out for a few days, but it has made a pretty big impression on the {IC} gamers. The game is fun on the normal and advanced modes, but on expert difficulty, it becomes quite a challenge. The laughter dies down, the adrenaline starts to flow, and the […] Add comment

Welcome to Icrontic Gaming!

Hello world! In our ongoing quest to cover the things that geeks love, we’ve gone and branched out. Welcome to the new Icrontic Gaming! Gaming is big. Very big. The holiday season of 2008 is rapidly approaching and gaming purchases are set to break records yet again. Gaming brings people together, creates communities, and spreads […] Add comment

The Steam engine rolls on

Valve's updated Steam client turns the service into more than a game content delivery system... Add comment